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Related: About this forumMercury rising: Greater L.A. to heat up an average 4 to 5 degrees (F) by mid-century
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/climate-change-in-la-235493.aspx[font face=Serif][font size=5]Mercury rising: Greater L.A. to heat up an average 4 to 5 degrees by mid-century[/font]
[font size=4]By Alison Hewitt | June 21, 2012[/font]
[font size=3]A groundbreaking new study led by UCLA climate expert Alex Hall shows that climate change will cause temperatures in the Los Angeles region to rise by an average of 4 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit by the middle of this century, tripling the number of extremely hot days in the downtown area and quadrupling the number in the valleys and at high elevations.
Released today, "Mid-Century Warming in the Los Angeles Region" is the first study to provide specific climate-change predictions for the greater Los Angeles area, with unique predictions down to the neighborhood level. The report, the most sophisticated regional climate study ever developed, was produced by UCLA with funding and support from the city of Los Angeles (news release), in partnership with the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC). It is available online at c-change.la.
"The changes our region will face are significant, and we will have to adapt," said Hall, an associate professor in UCLA's Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences who is also a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, which, among other things, assess global climate-change simulations for the United Nations.
"Every season of the year in every part of the county will be warmer," Hall said. "This study lays a foundation for the region to confront climate change. Now that we have real numbers, we can talk about adaptation."
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http://c-change.la/pdf/LARC-web.pdf[font size=4]By Alison Hewitt | June 21, 2012[/font]
[font size=3]A groundbreaking new study led by UCLA climate expert Alex Hall shows that climate change will cause temperatures in the Los Angeles region to rise by an average of 4 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit by the middle of this century, tripling the number of extremely hot days in the downtown area and quadrupling the number in the valleys and at high elevations.
Released today, "Mid-Century Warming in the Los Angeles Region" is the first study to provide specific climate-change predictions for the greater Los Angeles area, with unique predictions down to the neighborhood level. The report, the most sophisticated regional climate study ever developed, was produced by UCLA with funding and support from the city of Los Angeles (news release), in partnership with the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC). It is available online at c-change.la.
"The changes our region will face are significant, and we will have to adapt," said Hall, an associate professor in UCLA's Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences who is also a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, which, among other things, assess global climate-change simulations for the United Nations.
"Every season of the year in every part of the county will be warmer," Hall said. "This study lays a foundation for the region to confront climate change. Now that we have real numbers, we can talk about adaptation."
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Mercury rising: Greater L.A. to heat up an average 4 to 5 degrees (F) by mid-century (Original Post)
OKIsItJustMe
Jun 2012
OP
This will combine with increased fights over water rights, and an expanding "wildfire season"
villager
Jun 2012
#1
get the desalinators up and running, lots more ocean to use and new beaches everywhere :-) nt
msongs
Jun 2012
#2
Not to mention what a shift of that magnitude will do to the food industry
FedUpWithIt All
Jun 2012
#4
villager
(26,001 posts)1. This will combine with increased fights over water rights, and an expanding "wildfire season"
Be interesting to see how long L.A. can maintain its "metropolis" size, once the external supports -- like a reliable power grid for air-conditioning - start fraying...
msongs
(67,509 posts)2. get the desalinators up and running, lots more ocean to use and new beaches everywhere :-) nt
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)3. Better get those solar powered desalinators up and running…
Grid power may be in short supply
Hmmm
I wonder if they could reverse the flow in the viaducts, so as to water the central valley. (Thats a joke! I say, thats a joke! Son!)
FedUpWithIt All
(4,442 posts)4. Not to mention what a shift of that magnitude will do to the food industry
Pest control issues, soil and water issues and general plant viability issues would be serious under those conditions.
NickB79
(19,301 posts)5. We're going to see a reversal of the Okie migration of the Great Depression
Only this time, California and the Southwest will be emptying out.